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The cultural brain hypothesis explains human intelligence through gene-culture co-evolution

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SUPPORTED
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Multiple studies and computational models support the cultural brain hypothesis, demonstrating that human intelligence and brain expansion evolved through gene-culture coevolution.

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The retrieved literature contains multiple peer-reviewed papers explicitly discussing and modeling gene-culture coevolution (GCC) or cultural drive mechanisms in the context of human brain expansion and cognitive evolution. Papers [0], [2], [3], and [4] all support the premise that human intelligence and traits are shaped by gene-culture coevolution. None of the papers refute this mechanism. Therefore, the verdict is SUPPORTED.

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A. Markov, M. A. Markov. Runaway brain‐culture coevolution as a reason for larger brains: Exploring the “cultural drive” hypothesis by computer modeling. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6350

Computer modeling demonstrates that gene-culture coevolution and cultural drive can plausibly explain human brain expansion and intelligence.

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Lala KN, Feldman MW. Genes, culture, and scientific racism.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2322874121

The gene-culture coevolution framework provides an inclusive multidisciplinary perspective on human variation, evolution, and cognition.

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Minwoo Lee, J. Lindo, J. Rilling. Exploring gene-culture coevolution in humans by inferring neuroendophenotypes: a case study of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and cultural tightness. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12783

Empirical analyses show that gene-culture coevolution dynamics operate on complex human neurological traits and socio-ecological adaptations.

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P. Richerson. Cultural Evolution and Gene–Culture Coevolution. 2017. https://doi.org/10.26613/ESIC.1.1.17

Gene-culture coevolution theory explains human evolution by recognizing that cultural traditions and cognitive capacities co-evolved.

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first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8301 Aug 2026
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